Pioneering Clawhammer Guitar bound to buzz!
This new collection from Solid Air Records will give your picking hand
an itch. Clawhammer is a picking technique that the guitar world has
almost completely ignored. Not for long. This collection of clawhammer
solos by Jody Stecher, Alec Stone Sweet, Michael Stadler and Steve
Baughman, illustrates the incredible emotive power of clawhammer
technique when applied to the guitar. This is the first clawhammer
guitar album ever recorded and it is sure to create a major buzz in the
guitar world.

Dogs in the creekbed / Gator in the lap lane
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Cullin Bay
Cluck Old Hen / Possum's Glory
Ducks on a pond / Cold Frosty Morning

CLAWHAMMER GUITAR : The Collection SACD 2043 CD

"Clawhammer is an old time banjo picking style , but over the last 25
years a few adventuresome guitarists have adapted the thumb based
technique to the six-string box. This collection features 13
solos by Steve Baughman , Michael Stadler , Jody Stecher and Alec Stone
Sweet and is the first full album devoted to the style. Because of the
guitars greater resonance, playing it Clawhammer fashion often results
in an airier sound than that of the banjo. Stone Sweets "Shady
Grove" feels more explorative and less solemn than the typical
rendition. Stadlers original " Dogs in the Creekbed/Gator in the
Lap Lane" is a haunting, rhythmic tour de Force. There's no
telling where clawhammer guitar technique will go from here, but these
musicians have set the bar high."

Ian Zack ...Acoustic Guitar Magazine 02 '04

Review

This is an extremely unusual album collecting solo acoustic guitar pieces from Steve Baughman, Michael Stadler, Jody Stecher,
and Alec Stone-Sweet done in a clawhammer style. Clawhammer is an
old-time banjo technique (sometimes called frailing) that places
emphasis on down-picking (using the back of the fingernail) and it
bares little relation to what is generally considered fingerpicking. On
banjo it creates a modal, archaic sound far removed from the bluegrass
style most people these days associate with banjos. When applied to
guitar, at least by these fine players, the modal elements remain and
the sound is full, bright, and familiar, yet a little alien and odd.
The performances here are amazing, without a single lame track, and
this rare playing style, old as the hills, could very well
revolutionize how acoustic guitar is played in the 21st century. ~
Steve Leggett, All Music Guide